#BBBBD3#BBBBD3

#BBBBD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.034 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD3
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 4.70, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 12.91, 291.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0091 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.034 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0193, 50.8082, 68.7872)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD3 #D3D3BB

analogous

#BBC7D3 #BBBBD3 #C7BBD3

triadic

#BBBBD3 #D3BBBB #BBD3BB

tetradic

#BBBBD3 #D3BBC7 #D3D3BB #BBD3C7

square

#BBBBD3 #D3BBC7 #D3D3BB #BBD3C7

split-complementary

#BBBBD3 #D3C7BB #C7D3BB

monochromatic

#7171A3 #9696BB #BBBBD3 #E0E0EB #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBBBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD3

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD3	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.034 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe0',
    500: '#bbbbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd3;
$custom-light: #cfcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79968,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD3

secondary

#A8A88A

accent

#A046A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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